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Tue, Feb 19, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Rangers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 71% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0818110226
CAR012114018144

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 9:53CARJordan MartinookAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:40NYRConnor BrickleyAssists: Filip Chytil, Tony DeAngelo · Deflected, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:10NYRVladislav NamestnikovGWGAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:56NYRBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 17:04CARJustin Faulk: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 0:43NYRChris Kreider: Interference2 min
  4. P3 2:49CARLucas Wallmark: Holding2 min
  5. P3 4:08CARBrock McGinn: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 11:04CARJustin Faulk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Williams
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCAR
26Shots on goal44
3.8Expected goals5.3
50Shot attempts93
27Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
9Hits15
23Blocked shots8
17Giveaways15
10Takeaways16

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad12:25

    xG 1.03–0.27 (79%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Vesey – Buchnevich9:42

    xG 0.59–0.74 (44%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Fast – Strome – Namestnikov7:09

    xG 0.26–0.57 (31%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Brickley – Nieves – Chytil6:18

    xG 0.13–0.46 (22%)attempts 4–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – DeAngelo14:11

    xG 0.68–1.02 (40%)attempts 14–28goals 1–1

  2. McQuaid – Skjei16:18

    xG 0.63–1.03 (38%)attempts 12–24goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Smith10:05

    xG 0.58–1.05 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMartinook – McGinn – Svechnikov9:42

    xG 1.04–0.23 (82%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Ferland – Teravainen – Wallmark7:23

    xG 0.73–0.36 (67%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Niederreiter – Aho14:18

    xG 1.16–0.87 (57%)attempts 22–12goals 0–0

  4. McKegg – Maenalanen – Foegele4:47

    xG 0.42–0.13 (76%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin13:15

    xG 2.06–0.68 (75%)attempts 24–12goals 1–0

  2. de Haan – van Riemsdyk9:41

    xG 0.58–0.12 (82%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  3. de Haan – Hamilton3:04

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

CAR 5.3 xGNYR 3.8 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #796 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 71% of the time.

CAR winsNYR wins

Simulated goal difference (CAR − NYR), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).